Stock Spirits Group announced that Marek Sypek will be joining the company as Managing Director, Poland with effect from June 2016. Marek has a proven track record in FMCG both in blue chip companies and in Private Equity backed businesses and joins from Agros-Nova Holding, where he was CEO. He successfully turned around the business and led the delivery of significant profit growth.

Before joining Agros-Nova he was with Johnson & Johnson, the $300 billion US consumer healthcare business, where he was Managing Director of Central & Eastern Europe. At Johnson & Johnson, Marek oversaw a very successful period of growth and increased profitability at the group's EMEA division and the successful merger of Pfizer Consumer Health into the existing business. Prior to that, Marek was General Manager at BIC Polska, overseeing operations in Poland and Ukraine, from 2001 to 2005.

Upon joining Stock, Marek will take full responsibility for Stock Polska and will be based in Warsaw. He replaces Ian Croxford who has been interim Managing Director in Poland since January 2015. Once Marek joins in June, Ian will return to his central role as the Group's Chief Operating Officer.